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When Carmelita Araujo married Vicente Contreras in 1889 in Tehachapi, neither one could have foreseen their legacy in Kern County. The Contrerases had 12 children — unfortunately, one died during infancy. These children grew up, married and started their own families in Kern. Dolores “Dee” Gonzales’ mother, Anita, was one of those children making Gonzales one of the grandchildren of the Araujo-Contreras union. Next weekend, on Sept. 1 and 2, Gonzales will be among the more than 500 Contreras family members attending the 11th annual Contreras Family Reunion at the Kern County Fairgrounds. The Contreras family is on its seventh generation in Kern. In Gonzales’ immediate family, there are five generations. She has a son Jeff, 44, and a granddaughter, Danielle, 26, who’s in the Navy. Gonzales works as an interpreter for the local courthouse, as well as doctors. The idea of a family reunion came at Gonzales’ nephew, Kenny...

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